Taiwan gives a lot of foreign aid to Costa Rica, so it looks like they are basically buying the right to fish, even though it's not legal. — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
The Brer Rabbit ploy has been quite effective for me. When a country is talking about prosecuting me, I demand to be charged and put on trial and offer to pay my own airfare. They know that I'm going to… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
You don't get anywhere unless you've had a little bit of a complicated life. — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
Here's the thing: Nobody gets extradited for a crime where nobody's been hurt, where no property's been damaged. — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have molded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are prey to… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
We are literally eating the oceans alive and there are simply not enough fish to continue to feed an ever expanding population of humanity. — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
I want to stay in the ocean. I'm not going to be able to do that from some holding cell in Japan. — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
We have intelligent species on our planet that we are not even trying to communicate with. — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War, don’t look at where you stand on slavery… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
People sometimes feel frustrated about what's going on in our oceans and environment, and 'Whale Wars' shows that ordinary people can take action and… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
